Global stocks mixed ahead of monthly U.S. jobs report
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BEIJING -- Global stock markets were mixed Tuesday as investors looked ahead to U.S. jobs data for reassurance the biggest global economy is improving following the previous month's big hiring miss.
London and Frankfurt opened and Shanghai also gained, while Tokyo retreated. Wall Street futures were higher as U.S. markets, which ended May with a gain, prepared to resume trading after a holiday.
Traders are awaiting Friday's report on U.S. hiring in March. They're hoping for reassurance that April's downward lurch was a fluke. Employers added 266,000 jobs that month, half the recent average and well below expectations of 1 million.
Investors have wavered between optimism about the global economy's revival following its deepest slump since the 1930s and fears higher inflation might p ...
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